Diet Soda Intake Increases Long Term Dementia Risk

New cohort data suggest metabolic health may shape the observed link between diet soda consumption and dementia

A long-running community study found that people who drank more than one diet soda per day had a much higher risk of developing dementia, but this association weakened after accounting for obesity and diabetes, suggesting metabolic health may be a key driver rather than diet soda alone.

Study Details

Researchers analyzed data from the Northern Manhattan S…